ingrain

UK /ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn/ US /ɪŋˈɡɹeɪn/
adj 3verb 2noun 1

Definitions

verb

1

To dye with a fast or lasting colour.

2

To make (something) deeply part of something else.

The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet.

The lessons I learned at school were firmly ingrained in my mind.

adj

1

Dyed with grain, or kermes.

2

Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric.

3

Thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.

When were such changes ever made in men's natural relations to one another: when was such reconcilement of ingrain differences ever effected!

noun

1

An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

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